A Case of Creeping Eruption / 대한피부과학회지
Korean Journal of Dermatology
;
: 461-463, 2002.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-102817
ABSTRACT
Creeping eruption is a syndrome characterized by the penetration in human skin of larvae from hookworms of various animals, mainly cats and dogs. A 26-year-old male presents with pruritic erythematous serpiginous linear skin lesion on the left lower leg for 2 weeks. The skin lesion was developed after walking in bare feet along the beach of an island in Philippines. Histopathologic finding showed a burrow containing numerous eosinophils and a few mononuclear cells in the epidermis. No parasite was found in multiple histologic section.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Parasites
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Philippines
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Skin
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Ancylostomatoidea
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Larva Migrans
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Walking
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Eosinophils
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Epidermis
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Foot
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Larva
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Dermatology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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